Technically I have a little cheat code on this trip and am not starting it completely solo.
Technically I have a little cheat code on this trip and am not starting it completely solo. I’m meeting up with my friend @ciaradentx for a little over a week and then I’ll be back on my own. I actually met her back in Thailand on my October/November trip and we traveled together for the rest of the bit!
Just because I’m off on a big trip by myself doesn’t mean that I’m all of a sudden an expert on all things travel and don’t have any stresses or worries about the trip. It’s more so that I’ve gotten to a point where I can manage the stressors and have the mindset that I’ll eventually get it figured out when stuff doesn’t go according to plan.
International transportation is one part that really used to give me a lot of anxiety. Not the flights, but the internal transportation of busses, trains, ferries and tuktuks. One of my favorite methods of planning for travel like that is just talking to people at hostels. I’ve learned that throughout SE Asia a lot of people are either doing the same exact route as you, or something similar, and everyone I’ve talked to is more than helpful in letting you know how they got from one place to the next. I also just accepted that issues with transportation may happen and it takes more brain power for me to plan for all the “what ifs” than just deal with it when it happens.
Okay now for a few bits on the 48 hour travel day 😅 there was most definitely a route that was shorter than 48 hours…but it wouldn’t have been the cheapest and I booked it only a few weeks in advance. I had access to AMEX lounges for my 7.5 hour layover at LAX and 10 hour layover at Taiwan airport which honestly made the experience 100% better. Both lounges had nap rooms, showers and meals. Can’t say that I would book the same route again, but at least it was cheap and it was quite the experience!
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